David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, Serenity, Galaxy Quest, The Flintstones, The Nutty Professor, The War of the Roses) has been hired to score the upcoming British comedy Arthur’s Whisky. The film is directed by Stephen Cookson (Brighton) and stars Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge, Lulu, David Harewood OBE, Boy George, Bill Paterson, Hayley Mills, Adil Ray, Esme Lonsdale, Lawrence Chaney, Genevieve Gaunt and Hannah Howland. The movie follows a woman who discovers that her deceased husband had invented an anti-aging elixir, which makes the drinker look young again and shares it with her two friends.
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Gary Yershon in Talk to Score Stephen Cookson’s ‘Brighton’
Screen Daily is reporting that Gary Yershon is in talks to score the upcoming British comedy Brighton. The film is directed by Stephen Cookson (Stanley A Man Of Variety) and stars Phil Davis, Larry Lamb, Marion Bailey and Ruth Sheen. The movie is based on Steven Berkoff’s stage play Brighton Beach Scumbags and follows two older couples from the East End of London who travel to Brighton having not visited the seaside town in more than 30 years and reflect on how times have changed.